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| ummmm, what was the thread subject?
You're all kinda reminding us about all that is strange about "ValleyTalk". Sugarbears, funny name.
Anyway, on scheduling, Iowa and Iowa State and the Valley is plenty for me. And quit the D3 stuff. |
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| Davidson used their beefed up non-conference schedule to their advantage this season. They played extremely well against some high profile programs and that helped their resume and coincidentially strengthened their team to make the impressive NCAA tourney run.
I believe Drake could possibly convince Tennessee to do a home and home. Coach Pearl has great respect for the Davis family, having worked with Dr. Tom for many years and having Keno on his coaching staff at Southern Indiana. Coach Pearl has a very recognizable name in Iowa and the squad includes ex-Hawkeye Tyler Smith. Although Drake wants to use the Knapp Center for all its home games, it might be feasible to use Wells Fargo for the Des Moines site. There's great interest in Drake basketball right now and Drake could possibly fill the arena for a nice pay gate and possible national television interest. This would be different than the concept of using Wells Fargo for the Iowa or Iowa State game and not having a Drake home court advantage.
I was at the first college basketball games at Wells Fargo (a double-header with UNI and Drake, with Drake beating Detroit) and remember the quotes by Drake players thoroughly enjoying the venue.
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| I was there for Drake-Detroit, too. Nice place, but it didn't feel like home. Of course, the Knapp Center didn't much at that point, either.
Especially after the spectacular buzz at the Knapp this year, I'm not gonna advocate playing at Wells. All the money talk just makes me ill. It doesn't have to all be about money.
It sure would be interesting right now to have a tap into what's in Dr. Maxwell's brain about basketball. |
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| What Drake needs is an away game that will draw fans and is a decent game.
How about Northwestern in Chicago Thanksgiving weekend? You would have students and alumni available as a draw...
And how about a Friday night Bulldog Bash / Peggy's Party at the Drake Hotel downtown....
The Alumni Association should eat up a Drake at the Drake party... Very classy and sounds like fun.... Students, Alumni, the pep band, cheerleaders and the team....
I might even fly in from San Francisco for that!
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| Indeed. The fun part (one of them anyway), after this year, is that Drake fans are gonna travel. Drake setting up getting 200 students on buses to Iowa City early this year was just brilliant. Made a big difference in making the magic that was this year. Something similar with Northwestern or Minnesota or Nebraska or Missouri or St. Louis or DePaul could really be fun. And a couple thousand, no more thousands, Drake fans at Hilton would be spectacular. I can't wait.
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| The fans at UND seem pretty sure they're coming to the Drake Invitational. The only other tidbit I've picked up (maybe on this board) is that the SLU coach is making dropping hints that he'd like to move the school from the A10 to the MVC. Short of that, home and home with them would be good. If the Butler game happens, it would be really cool if it could be part of a pre-season tournament.
We need more rumors. Why aren't our local sportswriters sitting outside of Sandy's office every morning and checking her wastebasket every night?
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| The buzz around Hinsdale today is the Butler-D rematch is scheduled for Nov 15...the season opener for Butler, and probably the same for D. That is a saturday during the high peak of college football season, so I would be surprised if it is televised nationally.
On an aside, it looks like Butler's very cool mascot, Blue, is already warming up for the rematch. Despite his somewhat misguided choice in Bulldog squads, he rocks.
Blue goes medieval on D
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| Blue is a very cool dog. We have two bulldogs that .. IMO .. are just as cool and probably cooler than Blue.  We use to buy stuffed Creighton Blue Jays and let the two creatures from outerspace rip 'em to shreds but then I became friends with LJ and his lover TBJ and felt it was a bit over the top and unsportsmanlike. Not worth the drama when you piss off a couple festive guys, right? |
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| | Your dogs are a blast McBulldog |
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